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After a heavy virus attack, this seemed to be the only safe method of removing it constantly. During this procedure it would stop formating at some point, mentioning an error, which I unfortunately can not remember. I tried this several times and then let a friend of mine format it with a diskette. After that I had problems with installing the system but made it at the end. The system ran ok for quite a while. I REALLY hope, that THIS method is not the only way left for me...

I remember playing Half Life 2 and other games for that matter after I'd reassembled my PC. It would freeze for like 5 seconds at a time, then resume, then freeze again.

I took my PC apart and worked out it was the cables from the PSU... I was sharing the graphics molex connector branch with the C:\ drive when I should have used it for the D:\ drive as C:\ needed its own cable branch (ie. no sub branches) ... hope that makes sense.

Checked those four processes once again and then removed them from startup. Oddly, NvCpl (RUNDLL32.EXE) reappeared in the startup after rebooting. Now could this lead to the conclusion, that it's really the WIN32.RBOT Worm?? Is there any other possibility of removing it (from the registry)??

Thanks computingelite!

Will take Your advice strongly into consideration. But first I'll try out everything else, before I go down to dismemberment. I'm not that good with hardware, I'm afraid...

In your Startups, what is the entire line where NvCpl appears? You need to nail it down to the .exe file to know what it really is. The Startup Database has 14 different file names when you search for NvCpl.

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo

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Do you have any type of temperature monitoring software like Asus Probe? Many times random freezing is caused by overheating. Have you taken the side off the case and cleaned out the dust on the fans and elsewhere with a can of compressed air?

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo

**** We use our powers for good, not evil ****

Trying to remove your data from the web is like trying to remove pee from a swimming pool

Leurgy, I have not tried that before. But last year, before formatting, I took the sides off and turned the PC on, so it would have more air. I had exactly the same freezes... I'll try Asus Probe, good hint. Thanks.

OK, installed Asus Probe and let it monitor my CPU-temperature while gaming. After the obligatory freezing-crash, I looked through the report.

BINGO!
On the start of the game the CPU-temperature was at 158° and then went up to 163°F, when it all freezed up.
When I don't run a game, the temperature of my CPU is at about 129,2°F. I think, that the normal or "healthy" temperature is somewhere about 100°F...
Now that sounds like chronically overheated, doesn't it?

Besides that, everest says, that AGP, Side Band Addressing and Fast Write are disabled. I looked up in BIOS and they were enabled ?!?

Thats on the hot side. Those CPU's have a maximum temp of 70 - 90C (158 - 194F) according to these specs. If you can get your PON number from Everest you can tell for sure what your CPU is. See page 7 in that link.

Take the side off the case and have a look at the CPU fan. You can take it off and clean it, or try to clean it as is. If you use compressed air, be sure to hold the fan from spinning with a pencil as the air can over spin the fan and damage the bearings. Fans are also inexpensive and can be easily changed. In my experience about 2 - 3 years and they start to slow down. Doesn't Everest show the fan RPM? It should be around 5000.

Besides that, everest says, that AGP, Side Band Addressing and Fast Write are disabled.

That is a bug in Everest that I've seen before.

You can also get your temps with Everest for comparison, maybe even video temp.

Edited by Leurgy, 10 June 2005 - 05:42 PM.

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo

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Couldn't get the PNO from Everest but somehow fought my way through, with the help from tool Sandra.
Looks like my CPU-Die-Temp is at 90°C and I am still far away from that. At the last crash I was at 73°C.

Ran Sandra and it says, that my CPU-cooler is at 2800rpm. Isn't that kind of sluggish??? Also it quotes, that in this moment my CPU is at 53.0°C, whereas Asus Probe quotes 64.0°C...

About the Everest-Bug, strange thing is, that Sandra also quotes my Fast Write being shut off, the AGP bus being not in use and/or not supported by the graphic chip and the AGP data flow as being not at its optimum...

Your Mobo Manual shows your options for AGP on pages 47 - 48. Page 51 shows that the Primary VGA Bios is set to PCI by default. Have you changed this to AGP? I can only suggest you play around with those settings, but if you make any changes be sure to write down what you have done so you can change it back if you can't boot.

Look in the Hardware Monitor in the Bios for the true CPU temperature.

From ASUS Mobo FAQ's:

Why the CPU temerature detected in BIOS H/W Monitor is a little higher than in Windows?

It is normal. When WIndows is idle, OS will put the CPU into the low-power states(C1,C2 or C3 state) .But in BIOS setup , the CPU cannot support these states. So the CPU temerature detected in BIOS H/W Monitor will be several Celsius Degrees higher than in Windows.

The fan RPM depends on the make of the fan. The RPM's for different fans are all over the place.

Take a look at your video card temperature while playing a game. See the 'Temperature Settings' in the Display Properties.

Have you opened the case to look for dust around the fans on the CPU and video card?

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo

**** We use our powers for good, not evil ****

Trying to remove your data from the web is like trying to remove pee from a swimming pool

Opened the case a week ago, to look for dust. Bought me a new power supply as well. Cleaned the cooler and put the whole thing together again. After I reassembled the PC, the damn thing wouldn't go on any more..!
Called a technician - a guy I know - to help me out of this mess. Told him everything I've done and also about the problems I experienced. He took my PC home to run tests and found out, that the motherboard was dead, as well as the cooler. He thinks, that the cooler killed the motherboard in the end.
So now, I have a new mb (Asus A7V600-X), a new power supply and a new cooler. Now I don't have any problems any more, no freezing, no crashing.
Measured the temperature while gaming and it would not climb higher than 51°C. With my old cooler it climbed up to 73°C.